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Mt. Polley Area Properties
Regional Geology
Valley High's claims are located in the "Quesnel Trough" which is about 30 km wide and is fault bounded on the west by Paleozoic rocks of the Cache Creek Group and the east by the terrains of the Omineca Belt. The central area consists largely of a number of volcanic and sub-volcanic centers of predominantly alkalic composition of the Triassic Nicola Group. Numerous alkalic intrusive stocks are thought to be related to these volcanic centers in both age and composition. The area contains a number of gold and copper-gold porphyry deposits, possibly due to the presence of strong, deep-seated, regional scale structures and associated with alkalic intrusives.
In the immediate area, the largest known deposits are those at the Mount Polley Mine which is located immediately south of the Lloyd claims in the same intrusive host rock complex. The skarn hosted QR Gold Mine is located north of Quesnel River, to the northwest of the Valley High claims. Other significant gold copper deposits within the Quesnelia Belt include: Highand Valley, Gibraltar, Afton-Ajax Copper Mountain, and Mount Milligan.
Valley High's claims are located in the "Quesnel Trough" which is about 30 km wide and is fault bounded on the west by Paleozoic rocks of the Cache Creek Group and the east by the terrains of the Omineca Belt. The central area consists largely of a number of volcanic and sub-volcanic centers of predominantly alkalic composition of the Triassic Nicola Group. Numerous alkalic intrusive stocks are thought to be related to these volcanic centers in both age and composition. The area contains a number of gold and copper-gold porphyry deposits, possibly due to the presence of strong, deep-seated, regional scale structures and associated with alkalic intrusives.
In the immediate area, the largest known deposits are those at the Mount Polley Mine which is located immediately south of the Lloyd claims in the same intrusive host rock complex. The skarn hosted QR Gold Mine is located north of Quesnel River, to the northwest of the Valley High claims. Other significant gold copper deposits within the Quesnelia Belt include: Highand Valley, Gibraltar, Afton-Ajax Copper Mountain, and Mount Milligan.